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Zoo Babies 2009
These irresistible photos of newcomers at top U.S. zoos and aquariums are guaranteed to brighten your day.
Budget TravelFriday, May 29, 2009, 11:12 AMHasani is clearly ready for his close-up. This adorable 6-month-old gorilla is all smiles now that he's been spending time with surrogate mom Bawang. (George Nikitin)Budget Travel LLC, 2016

Topping six feet at birth, energetic Blizzard is already outrunning the older calves in the giraffe house.
(David Parsons/Denver Zoo)

Twice the cuteness! The birth of these rare clouded leopard cubs was a labor of love—not just for mom Jao Chu, but for the zookeepers who worked to carefully coordinate the birth.
(Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian\'s National Zoo)

This Ruppell's griffon vulture chick is the kind of bald, wizened newborn that resembles an old man—with a face only a mother could love, as one employee put it.
(Courtesy Walt Disney World Resort)

Weighing about three ounces at birth, Kelyfamata ("small but mighty" in Swahili), a Coquerel's sifaka, likes to bum a ride from her mom, Zenobia.
(Houston Zoo)

Zookeepers are raising cheetah cub Amara, born to first-time mom Kenya. They've already discovered the cutie likes to be tickled—just watch out for those claws!
(Courtesy Zoological Society of San Diego)

The heaviest elephant calf born yet at the Animal Kingdom, Tsavo tipped the scales at 327 pounds when mom Moyo gave birth. He breaks regularly to fill up on her milk.
(Courtesy Walt Disney World Resort)